9 thoughts on “Doggy Lover”

He was sure that Hatfill did it – in spite the total lack of evidence – because the sniffing dogs brought into the case “went crazy” when they saw Hatfill. He kept saying he “trusted the dogs.” That was very funny. To everybody but Hatfill, I mean.

” the sniffing dogs brought into the case “went crazy” when they saw Hatfill. He kept saying he “trusted the dogs.””

He clearly doesn’t know the first thing about dogs, who might ‘go crazy’ at a number of different kinds of stimulus. A skilled handler can discern the different type of stimulated behavior they exhibit – an idiot just seems them act up and assumes the dogs have mystical powers or something….

“Hatfill explained that he petted them the first time”
I remember in the baggage claim area arriving back in the US, a sniffer dog took a very active interest in my shoulder bag. The handler, though, knew what was up immediately.
“Were you carrying meat in that?”
“It was full of sausage the other day…”
She could also see I was amused rather than nervous (and flights from Germany were also probably not a big priority) so she just walked away (to help get the dog back to focusing on its job).

At that time, I was an intern in charge of opening all the mail in the office. “Well, I’m fucked,” I thought. 9/11 happened in my first week there. Flight 93’s diverted path flew right over Pittsburgh so everyone spent the rest of the day freaking out and getting no work done. People were fleeing the city.

You know, I think people either have amnesia (“Oh right there was an anthrax scare”) or they remember (“Oh fuck, there was an anthrax scare no wonder everyone was freaking out”) so Mueller’s handling of the investigation did not affect his future prospects. Also Congress passed the USA Patriot Act with overwhelming majorities about a week later.

To put it mildly very few people were concerned with due process at that time.
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New terror act in France. Israeli websites tell the man was on some terror list and was known to be an extremist, do not report whether he was of Middle Eastern origin:

// At least two people were killed and 11 others wounded in a shooting at a Christmas market in central Strasbourg on Tuesday, police said, adding that the suspected gunman has a criminal record and is on the run.
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Some 26,000 individuals suspected of posing a security risk to France are on the aforementioned ‘File S’ watch list, of whom about 10,000 are believed to have been radicalised, sometimes in Salafist mosques, online or abroad.

In other news:

// Ukraine’s fugitive former president seeks medical treatment in Israel
Chief military prosecutor in Ukraine says his country will demand Viktor Yanukovych’s extradition if he arrives in Israel; issue will pose a political dilemma for Jerusalem, since Yanukovych is close to Russian President Putin.